Oxyaeninae

Oxyaeninae; Temporal range: 56.2–39.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N late Paleocene to middle Eocene
	Patriofelis ferox skeleton
	Reconstruction of; Sarkastodon mongoliensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Order:	†Oxyaenodonta
Family:	†Oxyaenidae
Subfamily:	†Oxyaeninae; Trouessart, 1885
Type genus
	†Oxyaena; Cope, 1874
Genera
	†Argillotherium; †Dipsalidictis(paraphyletic genus); †Malfelis; †Oxyaena; †Patriofelis; †Protopsalis; †Sarkastodon;
Synonyms
	Oxyaenidae Cope, 1877;

Oxyaeninae ("sharp hyenas") is an extinct subfamily of placental mammals from extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived in Asia, North America and Europe from the late Paleocene to middle Eocene.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The name of the subfamily translates as "sharp hyaenas" (from Ancient Greek ὀξύς- (oxús-) 'sharp', name of hyena genus Hyaena and taxonomic suffix "-inae").^[3]

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

Subfamily: †Oxyaeninae Cope, 1877
- Genus: †Argillotherium Davies, 1884
  - †Argillotherium toliapicum Davies, 1884
- Genus: †Dipsalidictis^{(paraphyletic genus)} Matthew & Granger, 1915
  - †Dipsalidictis aequidens Matthew & Granger, 1915
  - †Dipsalidictis krausei Gunnell & Gingerich, 1991
  - †Dipsalidictis platypus Matthew & Granger, 1915
  - †Dipsalidictis transiens Matthew & Granger, 1915
- Genus: †Malfelis Stucky & Hardy, 2007
  - †Malfelis badwaterensis Stucky & Hardy, 2007^[4]
- Genus: †Oxyaena Cope, 1874
  - †Oxyaena forcipata Cope, 1874
  - †Oxyaena gulo Matthew & Granger, 1915
  - †Oxyaena intermedia Denison, 1938
  - †Oxyaena lupina Cope, 1874
  - †Oxyaena pardalis Matthew & Granger, 1915
  - †Oxyaena simpsoni Van Valen, 1966
  - †Oxyaena woutersi Lange-Badré & Godinot, 1982
  - †Oxyaena sp. [Europe] Solé, 2011
- Genus: †Patriofelis Leidy, 1870
  - †Patriofelis ferox Marsh, 1872
  - †Patriofelis ulta Leidy, 1870
- Genus: †Protopsalis Cope, 1880
  - †Protopsalis tigrinus Cope, 1880
- Genus: †Sarkastodon Granger, 1938
  - †Sarkastodon henanensis Tong & Lei, 1986
  - †Sarkastodon mongoliensis Granger, 1938

References

^ Gunnel, Gregg F.; Gingerich, Philip D. (1991-09-30). "Systematics and evolution of late Paleocene and early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology. 28 (7). The University of Michigan: 141–180.
^ Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten. Oxyaeninae
^ Dixon, Dougal (2008). World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. Lorenz Books. ISBN 978-0-7548-1730-7.
^ Stucky, R. K.; Hardy, T. G. (2007). "A new large hypercarnivorous oxyaenid (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Middle Eocene of the Wind River Formation, Natrona County, Wyoming" (PDF). Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 39: 57–65. doi:10.2992/0145-9058(2007)39[57:anlhom]2.0.co;2. S2CID 130956705.

[Gunnel1991-1] Gunnel, Gregg F.; Gingerich, Philip D. (1991-09-30). "Systematics and evolution of late Paleocene and early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology. 28 (7). The University of Michigan: 141–180.

[McKenna_&_Bell-2] Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten. Oxyaeninae

[3] Dixon, Dougal (2008). World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. Lorenz Books. ISBN 978-0-7548-1730-7.

[Stucky2007-4] Stucky, R. K.; Hardy, T. G. (2007). "A new large hypercarnivorous oxyaenid (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Middle Eocene of the Wind River Formation, Natrona County, Wyoming" (PDF). Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 39: 57–65. doi:10.2992/0145-9058(2007)39[57:anlhom]2.0.co;2. S2CID 130956705.

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